A Picture Share!

Originally uploaded by Roland K Smith.

I took this as I was on my way to work this morning.

It took three times to get this picture sent to the blog (I’m editing the post because typing on the phone is so painful). The first time I sent it was as I was waiting for the train. The phone went through the whole process and then gave me an error message saying I had to try again later. Of course, the message was lost. The second time I tried when I had some spare time this morning never arrived. The picture is on Sprint — but it never got to Flickr or to my blog. Over lunch I figured that problem out. It seems that my phone can’t store the full email address and chops off the last three characters. The full email address is 35 characters long (!!) and the phone can only store 32 characters maximum for an e-mail address. The phone won’t allow me to call up the address and then edit it. I have to type in the entire address every time. That’s a major bummer. This old phone is missing a bunch of capability available in newer phones. Definitely time to upgrade. I think I need a phone with a keyboard.

So I went on the SprintPCS web page to see what phones might be available. It wants my zip code. Mind you, I’ve already logged in and they know my name (it’s displayed at the top of the page). I enter the zip code and Sprint tells me that service is available in my area and I should go to the Sprint store to see what phones might be available. You’d think that by now companies would be a bit smarter than that, but obviously telecom companies didn’t qualify for smart.